• Alex Berger, PTO President (president@melrosepto.org)
    • 4th Grade Food Drive for Food on Foot
      • Collecting individually wrapped snacks and ready to eat foods
      • All cans need to be pop top
      • Collection boxes at Formosa gate and outside the front office
      • Questions? Ask Rachel (kashon@gmail.com) or Julia (rusyuliya@yahoo.com)
    • PTO Fundraising Experience Survey
      • PTO is asking the Melrose Community to fill out a short anonymous survey to help improve fundraising efforts, set meaningful goals, and maximize impact at Melrose
      • Survey is open between now and February 28th
      • Questions about PTO Fundraising Experience Survey?: E-mail: info@melrosepto.org
    • Community Coffee Hour this Fri at 8am in the Parent Center
      • Informal meet and greet with other parents and guardians
      • Ms. Miyaji will be in attendance
    • Beautification on Saturday, March 14th, 9am-12pm
      • Native garden tending
      • Tidying, trash pickup, wiping surfaces
      • Lost and found organizing and cleaning
      • Repaint the circles and stars
      • Volunteer here
      • Email Danielle (dktenner@gmail.com) with ideas for beautification
    • Melrose Games Animalympics on Friday, May 1st from 8:30am-2:30pm
      • Specific grade level times will be announced soon
      • T-shirt contest due Wednesday February 25th
        • Students will vote on the t-shirt drawing on Monday, March 2nd
      • Looking for t-shirt sponsors ($500)
        • Fratelli’s, El Coyote, Philly’s Best, Pink’s are already signed up
      • Looking for In-Kind donations ($25 & up)
        • In-kind donations will be handed out throughout the fundraising time to students that have raised the most, has donations from the furthest away, etc.
      • Any questions about Melrose Games, reach out to Julia Wiss: rusyuliya@yahoo.com
    • Ralph’s Reward Money goes towards Melrose PTO
      • Visit: https://www.ralphs.com/account/communityrewards
      • Create an account or sign into your account.
      • Click on “Community Contributions”
      • Select the organization “MELROSE ELEMENTARY PTO”
  • Mrs. Jackson
    • January Highlights
      • Astronomy night: a lot of students and parents enjoying the telescope, planetarium, etc.
      • 100th Day of School
      • Monday Morning Assembly: share a message, talent, project, etc.
    • Monday Morning Clean-ups
      • Clean up the perimeter of school after the weekend
      • Gloves, bags and trash picker-uppers provided
    • Positive Behavior and Safety Committee
      • 1st meeting with a variety of grade level caregivers participating
      • Brainstormed ideas between caregivers, teachers and playground aids
      • Using “stay in place” as a schoolwide term when students need to stay where they are temporarily
      • Water bottles and backpacks will remain inside the classroom
      • Supervision aides will sweep the yard after recess to retrieve any water bottles, items, etc.
      • Students are not always asking for help when there’s a problem even though there are adults on the yard
        • Please emphasize with your students that problems need to be resolved with words and include an adult to support
      • Outreach Theater
        • Starting next week on Wednesday and continuing for the following 5 weeks
        • Role playing, allowing space to talk, encouraging students to participate in the solution
      • Safety
        • Please discourage your student from bringing Aluminum Cans and Glass Bottles
          • Aluminum cans are being brought to school in the AM and then students crush them making them have sharp edges
          • Glass bottles could result in broken glass which is also dangerous
        • Students leaving morning assembly in groups going to the restroom together
          • Sometimes it is giggles and fine, other times it is mean-spirited
          • Please remind your student
    • Friendship Day this Friday the 13th raising money for potential Griffith Observatory Schoolwide Field Trip
      • Dress like a twin with a friend or twin with Mrs. Jackson and wear a melrose shirt
      • Friendship grams are being sold as a fundraiser for busses to go to Griffith Observatory with families on a Friday Evening
        • Friendship grams are $2/each
          • Students can select a template and fill in a note to their friend with a “rose” pen
          • Parents can purchase friendship grams for students if they email their teacher and/or bring cash to the front office
        • Participants will be selected via raffle
    • World Art Night is Thursday February 26th
    • Parent Workshop on Literacy on Feb 24 from 3-4pm in the Parent Center
      • Interactive family workshop with fun, practical ways to support reading and writing at home
    • 5th Grade Catalina Trip
      • Intent to participate deadline is tomorrow February 12th by 5pm
    • School experience survey
      • Link for the survey (in multiple languages) was included in the sunday message
      • Asking all families to complete so we can gather important feedback about your thoughts on academics and school climate
    • School repairs
      • Buzzer: we’re waiting for a part to arrive
      • Bathrooms: Mrs. Jackson has a meeting tomorrow morning and will hopefully have updates to share after that